Not sure if that was tongue-in-cheek, but I guess I'm more interested in knowing the true feelings of fathers here who have sons that don't show interest in sports. If I'm ever a father, I would strongly prefer that my son be interested in sports and I would do everything in my power to try and make that happen.
this in interesting. kind of offtopic but...i have a 2 year old nephew who loves throwing the baseballs and footballs around the house. the other day, my sister (the mother) was putting on make up for a party. in a joking manner, i said to my nephew, "wanna put on some make-up?" he repeated "makeup", my sister heard it, and she freaked out! started giving some stupid ass lecture how she didn't want her son "growing up like that". i replied, "what, without a sense of humor?" she didn't take too well...lol. it's not that serious.
I'm not going to force my son into anything he doesn't have an interest in. I love sports and I'm going to share that with him, but if he didn't care for it, we'll find things he is interested in to do. I'm taking him to his second Rockets game tonight, he's only 13 months so he can't tell me he's not interested yet!
Well, as long as he's not into ballet, sewing or gardening...not that there's anything wrong with that... My 7 year old likes watching sports, but not a fanantic...He'd rather watch cartoons and such, but I'm not going to force him or guilt him into wanting to watch it...Honestly, I'd rather be outside tossing the football or baseball than watching tv...
Gardening? What the hell is wrong with gardening? Gardening/farming/landscaping is hard work and develops strong hands and muscles. As for ballet and sewing...
I've got two girls, 8 and 6, and they both love sports...all sports. Watching them and playing them. My six year old loves to watch the Rockets... and since the season began her mathematics skills have increased quite a bit. Sports and statistics are great for developing math skills in kids.
My son is 2 now and he loves to kick the soccer ball around. When he comes to me indoor games, they have a small field for 3v3 that he goes on and just dribbles from goal to goal. It's pretty fun to watch... I got my love of sports very early on from my mother teaching me to read with the sports section. I've read it every day since I was 3 or 4 (I'm 32 now).
Congrats Bro, sounds like you did an amazing job as a father, I'm taking it one day at a time. I was concerned until just this year. He never showed any interest in sports, hell his favorite athlete was Crash Bandicoot until I made him play football. Now he loves it! He's a big kid for 11 and ended up defensive team captain and a killer DE. I bought him Madden 08 and that coupled with live football has really increased at least his football interest.
I agree with the posters that said the Father should adapt to what the kid likes --- not the other way around. If an adult has trouble bounding with a 7 yr old it is probably safe to assume it's not the 7 year olds issue. As a parent, I try to find things that my child can be passionate about not try to force them to be passionate about the same things I am.
If I have a son and he doesn't like sports, I will abandon him on the slopes of Mount Taygetus like the Spartans would with their babies that were deemed unfit.
When you have children, I hope that you teach them to be secure within their own self concept and to think for themselves. If they do not like sports, you should support them in whatever interests they develop.
